Volume 75
Public Law 87–178
To amend the Act of March 24, 1948, which establishes special requirements governing the selection of superintendents of national cemeteries.
Approved August 30, 1961
Statutory text
AN ACT
To amend the Act of March 24, 1948, which establishes special requirements governing the selection of superintendents of national cemeteries.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That section 1 of
National cemeteries.
Superintendents.
the Act of March 24, 1948 (ch. 143, 62 Stat. 84; 24 U.S.C. 275) is amended to read as follows: “Superintendents of national cemeteries shall be selected from among meritorious and trustworthy persons who served in the Armed Forces of the United States, and who either were retired for physical disability, or were discharged or released therefrom under honorable conditions and are entitled to receive compensation for disability under the laws administered by the Veterans’ Administration.”
Approved August 30, 1961.